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RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER QUOTES

FOR THE FORD 200

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE

AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010

AUSTIN DILLON IN THE No. 3 BASS PRO SHOPS / TRACKER BOATS CHEVROLET CLINCHED RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN TONIGHT’S FORD 200.

NOTES:

· DID YOU KNOW? Dillon captured the first Raybestos Rookie of the Year title for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Trucks and their first rookie title in any of the three NASCAR national series since Kevin Harvick earned Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the 2001 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Dillon racked up TWO victories in 2010: the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa and the Smith’s Food and Drug Stores 350 at Las Vegas. He is the first Raybestos® Rookie to win multiple races since Carl Edwards won three times in 2003. Dillon finished the season with seven top-five and 16 top-10 finishes in 25 races and claimed top rookie honors 16 times.

UNOFFICIALLY Dillon finished fifth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, 36 points ahead of sixth-place Timothy Peters.

Justin Lofton was the top Raybestos Rookie in tonight’s race, scoring a seventh-place finish. Lofton posted his eighth top-10 this season.

A Raybestos Rookie has now scored a top-10 in each of the last three consecutive races at Homestead.

DILLON: “I just made a rookie mistake there at the end, 25 races to make a big mistake. The first one and the last one were two mistakes that I wish it wouldn’t have come down to but I learned a lot this year. Hats off to these guys and Bass Pro Shops. I wish I wouldn’t have made that last move.”

THE RACING SEEMED VERY INTENSE TONIGHT.

“It was. This place is just tough to pass so everybody is just packed together like a superspeedway. It should have been a heck of a race for the fans. I just wish I could have been up there racing with ‘em.”

RICHARD CHILDRESS, CAR OWNER, No. 3 BASS PRO SHOPS / TRACKER BOATS CHEVROLET:

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PERFORMANCE BY AUSTIN DILLON THIS SEASON.

“He’s had a great year. He had a rookie year, he had a few mistakes but all in all he had a great year. Nothing to complain about. I knew he was disappointed tonight but when you think about everything he’s done this year, the most poles, the speed, everything he done he had a hell of a year and we’re proud of it.”

DID YOU THINK HE WOULD PERFORM THIS WELL?

“We knew we’d be pretty good but we had no idea that we’d have the year we had.”

DO YOU MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR HIM NEXT YEAR BECAUSE HE DID SO WELL THIS SEASON?

“Well when you look through the history of football, baseball, racing, anything, your sophomore year is always the toughest. If they can have a year as good as they had this year it’ll be a great year.”

DILLON PRESS CONFERENCE:

“It was great. I felt like the mid-season we really hit a strike. The first race out and the last race out I really showed the stripes there [smiles]. For some reason I tried to make it four-wide there at the end just trying to make something happen. I felt like we had a good truck, just should have waited an extra lap before I made that move. All in all it was a great season for Bass Pro Shops and our entire team. Looking forward to next year and run for the championship.”

COMMENT ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF WINNING RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.

“It was a great year. Like I said earlier, Raybestos Rookie of the Year is something that we went into the season wanting to win. That was our main goal and to finish top-10 in points, trying to do that and we were able to get top-five somehow. Just a great year. We came out with two wins, a bunch of poles, wish we could have had a few more wins with all those poles that we got but I’m really excited about going into next year. It’s been a great year. It’s cool that Raybestos sponsors the rookie deal and hopefully just keep going. I guess I’m a veteran next year and that’s kind of hard to think about.”

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